| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 1, 1989 Location: Irving, TX | 
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 51785 | 
| Weather: Clear Temp: 91 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 9 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Raul Allegre 37 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 19 FG | 3 | 3 | 
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ottis Anderson 1 run (Raul Allegre kick) | 10 | 3 | 
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 33 FG | 10 | 6 | 
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Dave Meggett 33 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 17 | 6 | 
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Raul Allegre 32 FG | 20 | 6 | 
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Bavaro 13 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 27 | 6 | 
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Raul Allegre 27 FG | 30 | 6 | 
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 27 pass from Steve Walsh (Roger Ruzek kick) | 30 | 13 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel | 
| 83 | WR | Odessa Turner | 
| 60 | LOT | Eric Moore | 
| 66 | LOG | Bill Roberts | 
| 65 | C | Bart Oates | 
| 68 | ROG | Damian Johnson | 
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg | 
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro | 
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms | 
| 24 | RB | Ottis Anderson | 
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon | 
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | John Washington | 
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard | 
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall | 
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks | 
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons | 
| 98 | RILB | Johnie Cooks | 
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor | 
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins | 
| 29 | SS | Myron Guyton | 
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard | 
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams | 
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin | 
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin | 
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei | 
| 76 | LOG | Nate Newton | 
| 65 | C | Bob White | 
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker | 
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan | 
| 85 | TE | Steve Folsom | 
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman | 
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker | 
| 39 | FB | Broderick Sargent | 
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones | 
| 79 | LDT | Willie Broughton | 
| 60 | RDT | Dean Hamel | 
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat | 
| 57 | SLB | Ron Burton | 
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart | 
| 53 | WLB | Randy Shannon | 
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls | 
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton | 
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton | 
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 | 
| Lewis Tillman | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 | 
| Phil Simms | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | 
| Maurice Carthon | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 | 
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| George Adams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jeff Hostetler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dave Meggett | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 27 | 74 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 | 
| Troy Aikman | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 
| Broderick Sargent | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 3 | 211 | 11.1 | 33t | 2 | 1 | 6 | 105.3 | 
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Walsh | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 2 | 190 | 7.9 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.4 | 
| Troy Aikman | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 11 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mark Bavaro | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 1 | 
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | 
| Odessa Turner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 33t | 1 | 
| Lionel Manuel | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 27t | 1 | 
| Kelvin Martin | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 46 | 0 | 
| James Dixon | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gary Reasons | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | 
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Francis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Eugene Lockhart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Ron Burton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 51 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Mark Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Darryl Clack | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Junior Tautalatasi | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 0.5 | 
| Eugene Lockhart | 0.5 | 
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